Journal-box.



No 833,695. PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. Y J. S. PATTEN.

JOURNAL BOX. APPLICATION FILED APR.4.1905- I Z Sinvenfoz q/Qhhwowo I m attozneisa THE NORRIS PRIIR: co., WASHINGTON, n. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES S. PATTEN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, AS SIGNOR TO THE BALTIMORE JOURNAL BOX COMPANY, OF BALTIMORE, MARY- .LAND, A CORPORATION Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 4, 1905. Serial No. 253.831-

OF MARYLAND.

JOURNAL-BOX.-

Patented Oct. 16, 1906.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMEs S. PATTEN, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Journal-Boxes; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to j ournal-boxes for railway-cars; and it has for its object to provide a box having special provision for preventing the waste from traveling around with the journal, with the disadvantages incident thereto.

A further object of the invention is the provision of special means for preventing the waste from passing out through the opening at the inner end of the j ournal-box. In practice the brass in a journal-box for cars scrapes ofi the oil from the journal and the oil passes along the bottom of the brass and the side of the box and then down the side of the box to the bottom of the box.

A further object of the present invention is to intercept the oil in its flow down the wall of the box and to direct it toward the ournal and onto the waste adjacent to the journal.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be understood from the following description.

In the drawings forming a portion, of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in both views, Figure 1 is a vertical section taken longitudinally through a journal-box embodying the present invention, a journal therein being illustrated in elevation. Fig. 2is a vertical section taken transversely through the journal-box shown in Fig. 1 in a plane in front of the journal.

Referring now to the drawings, there is shown a journal-box the lower portion of which is contracted transversely, as shown at 10, to form an oil-reservoir, the portions 1 1 and 12 of the box that connect the sides of the contracted part with the sides 13 and 14 of the upper part of the box being slanted so that they diverge upwardly.

In the rear end wall of the journal-box (illustrated at 15) there is formed a vertical passage 16, which intersects the opening 17, through which the journal 18 is passed into the box. The passage 16 is designed toreceivea dust-guard 19 of any suitable style or type. The front opening of the box is provided with the usual hinge-cover 20, and in these general respects the journal-box is of the usual standard height.

It is found in practice that the waste, which is packed upon the shelves 11 and 12 and in the reservoir 10, has a tendency at times to work longitudinally of the journal and out through the opening 17 at the inner or rear end of the box, this action being due in large part to the free movement permitted the waste over the inner face of the rear end of the box in the direction of the journal. In the present construction an inwardly-directed flange 21 is formed upon the inner face of the inner end wall 15 of the box, the upper face of this flange being flush with the face of the opening 17 and the flange extending continuously from the bottom of the opening up both sides thereof to points slightly above the normal position of the axis of the ournal 18, where the flange touches longitudinal flanges 22 and 23, which project from the inner faces of the sides 13 and 14. of the box and are curved transversely and downwardly and extend throughout the length of the box. The proj ection of these flanges 22 and 23 is such that the collar 24 of the ournal will just pass between them.

The flange 21 prevents movement of the waste over the inner face of the inner end of the ournal-box to the opening 17, and as the waste fibers that are in contact with the inner end portion of the journal extend transversely beyond the free edge of the flange they hang on the flange when the waste should move along the journal in the direction of the opening 17 and arrest such movement before the waste can pass out through the opening.

The flanges 22 and 23 are in path of movement of the waste when it tends to rise or pass aroundwith the journal in the direc tion of the brass 25, these flanges serving to efiectually prevent the waste from rising to the brass.

What is claimed is- 1. A j ournal-box for cars having inwardly- ICO directed portions extending slantingly from its sides downwardly and in the direction of the journal in the box above the space to be packed with waste, said portions extending continuously from end to end of the box with their lowermost portions in close proximity to the journal and spaced downwardly from the line of the bottom of the brass to receive oil from the brass and direct it and discharge it to the waste adjacent the journal.

2. A journal-box for cars having inwardlydirected portions extending slantingly and curvingly from its sides downwardly and in the direction of the journal in the box above the space to be packed with waste, said portions extending continuously from end to end of the box with their lowermost portions in close proximity to the journal and spaced downwardly from the line of the bottom of the brass to receive oil from the brass and di- 20 rect it and discharge it to the waste adjacent the journal.

3. A journal-box for cars having means at its sides below the brass and above the space to be packed with waste for arresting the 25 flow of oil from the brass down the sides of the box and discharging it in close proximity to the journal.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES S. PATTEN. Witnesses:

JENNIE M. HARVEY, MARIE QUILL. 

